Showing posts with label Eleni Konstantine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eleni Konstantine. Show all posts

Friday, May 24, 2013

Showcase with Eleni Konstantine

Please scroll down one post for the Wet and Wild Fun!

Today I'm delighted to showcase the novellas of my dear friend, Eleni Konstantine. Eleni not only writes wonderful fantasy romances, she is also the powerhouse behind the Dark Side DownUnder blog, volunteers for the Romance Writers of Australia and is on the committee for this year's RWA Conference in Fremantle.



 STORMY DIVIDE - Will Ellie ever find a way home?

ANGEL EYES - What if the man of your dreams only existed in your dreams?



STORMY DIVIDE
Thom may be used to the dangers of the forest, but nothing has prepared him for this. When he stumbles across a woman dressed in weird clothing lying on the ground during a storm, he has no choice but to help her.

Ellie finds herself in another world, having travelled through time and space thanks to what Thom calls The Rifts. The question is whether she will ever be able to find her way back, or if she will be stuck in this new world forever. Or if she will even want to go home…

ANGEL EYES
Vera’s dreams are haunted each night by a man she only knows as Angel Eyes. He feels more real to her than anything else in her life, including her fiancĂ©. Vera must try to forget her childish dreams of soul mates and happily ever after… but are they really only dreams or can she find a way to be with Angel Eyes forever?

Available from Musa Publishing


 Zeta will protect the one she loves, even if it means living in Hell.

Mastering a unique power was much safer for Zeta Kosmos with a mentor to help her along. Now that he’s disappeared, Zeta must continue alone with her calling—closing Gateways to Hell.

Daniel Richards is in the family business—Warding supernatural evil from causing havoc on humans. As such, he’s only interested in the safety of one-night stands. Until Zeta. This bad boy now wants a long, lasting relationship.

But Zeta can’t let go of her past, nor can she ignore the secret demonic threats against Daniel’s life. She’d rather fight demonic spawn and be dragged into Hell than allow anything happen to him. Can Daniel convince her to stay? Will she have to pay the ultimate price?


 Available from Musa Publishing


                                                                                                           


Can a gift from her grandmother protect Lise?



Lise doesn’t believe in vampires. Or so she tells herself. Though, she constantly wears the garnet necklace her grandmother gave her, which wards off the creatures. Andreas, the man she’s attracted to, seems more than a little interested in it. Could there be an ulterior motive?

Available from  Smashwords

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Donut Holes & The Next Big Thing

Happy Wednesday! Today I'm visiting my lovely friend, Eleni Konstantine over at her Taverna in her Writing Buddy Wednesday slot. Find out what I'm up to at the moment and what's in my immediate future (apart from donut holes and coffee...) (no I cannot tell a lie. Donut holes and coffee are always in my immediate future...)




I've been tagged in The Next Big Thing by fellow Aussie author Alison Stuart who writes fabulous time travel romances and historical novels set during the seventeenth century. Allison's latest release from Lyrical Press is Gather the Bones, descibed as Downtown Abbey with ghosts, from Lyrical Press. 


I'm instructed to tell you all about my next book by answering these questions and then to tag between three to five other authors about their Next Big Thing. So here I go!

What is the working title of your next book?

Archangel of Mercy

Where did the idea come from for the book?

It was very odd. After a random comment from my good friend Eleni Konstantine about a new publishing line opening up, this image of a moody, Alpha Archangel just appeared in my mind. He was alone on the outer edge of the universe and refused to either leave my muse alone, or open up and let me know his story for about five years!


What genre does your book fall under?

Erotic Paranormal Romance

Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?

No idea. I will leave that up to my readers to imagine! (although I could have a lot of fun auditioning actors to play Gabe! (all in the name of research. I suffer for my art).


What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

Between an angel and a desperate woman comes salvation - and a raw passion that challenges them at every turn.

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

Archangel of Mercy is published by Penguin's Berkley Heat line and hits the shelves on 4th December 2012.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?

This book started out as a novella many years ago and gradually evolved into a full length after several rewrites. So the short answer is - a very long time!!!

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

This book, and the others in the series, are about fallen archangels and the women who capture their hearts. Laurie London,, author of The Sweetblood series, said this about Archangel of Mercy:

"Archangel Of Mercy would appeal to readers who enjoy Nalini Singh and JR Ward. Dark, gritty and erotic. I loved it!”

Who or What inspired you to write this book?

A random comment by a writing buddy, the haunting image of a solitary Archangel on the edge of the universe and the Mayan long calendar :-) 

What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?

If you enjoy tortured Alpha heroes, fallen bad ass archangels, sizzling sex and merciless villains then you might enjoy Archangel of Mercy!

I've tagged some of my fellow Romance Writers of the Apocalypse authors to tell you about their Next Big Thing next Wednesday - here are their links so you can check them out!

Maggie Nash - Maggie is doing her Next Big Thing today as well, so pop on over and have a peek!

Shona Husk

Kylie Scott

Monica Enderle Pierce

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Friday, September 07, 2012

Paranormals Down Under

It's been a bumper month for Dark Side Down Under members, with a fabulous crop of new releases to choose from - congratulations, ladies!




Gateway to Hell
Eleni Konstantine 

 Zeta will protect the one she loves, even if it means living in Hell.


Mastering a unique power was much safer for Zeta Kosmos with a mentor to help her along. Now that he’s disappeared, Zeta must continue alone with her calling—closing Gateways to Hell.

Daniel Richards is in the family business—Warding supernatural evil from causing havoc on humans. As such, he’s only interested in the safety of one-night stands. Until Zeta. This bad boy now wants a long, lasting relationship.


But Zeta can’t let go of her past, nor can she ignore the secret demonic threats against Daniel’s life. She’d rather fight demonic spawn and be dragged into Hell than allow anything happen to him. Can Daniel convince her to stay? Will she have to pay the ultimate price?





Harbinger 

As an Olympic messenger, suburban Aussie girl Ophelia Lind is used to being at the beck and call of the gods. But when gorgeous demigod Aden moves into her neighbourhood and starts taking advantage of her services, Ophelia believes life could not get any worse. She's about to be proven very wrong.

Ophelia tries to enjoy a normal, everyday life while running messages for the Greek gods – but without warning an odious creature - evil incarnate - begins to stalk her. As a messenger dealing with the all-powerful and sometimes frightening gods, Ophelia is accustomed to adventures and scrapes. But this is different. Even Aden, who is madly and deeply in love with Ophelia, finds it difficult to protect her. Suddenly Ophelia is in a battle for survival and begins to question everything – her upbringing, her identity, and her true feelings for the alluring and entirely frustrating Aden.





Fang Tango
 
 Saved by a bite.

Love hurts, love cures, love thrills and blood spills…

At Monsters inK there’s magic, mayhem and miracles – and fang-boys tango and tangle in the sultry dance of seduction and love.

Radan is a tarot-reading, vampire-kangaroo hybrid, who despairs of finding his true love. On the eve of his one hundredth birthday he discovers his dying soul-mate in a garbage dumpster, stinking of fish, but when the man’s blue eyes open, it’s instant Mate Recognition for Rad. The only chance to save his man is immediately change him to vampire—but a blood-transfer made without the man’s love can turn him into a vampire rogue. Has Radan found his true mate only to lose him to the blood-lust?

Andrew Smith is a street-wise cop whose life is comprised of deadly secrets—even his name is a lie. He’s been hurt in the past and he never wants to face betrayal again. So, when he awakens from his ordeal to discover he’s now a vampire, and the guy who’s responsible is a crazy dude who insists that Drew is his mate, and that it’s love at first bite, what is a cop to do, but run? Except, he can’t escape and all he can do is resist Rad’s sexy seduction—or die trying.

So, at Monsters inK there’s magic, mayhem and miracles – and fang-boys tango and tangle in the sultry dance of seduction and love…




Freaks in the City


True love isn’t a cake-walk when your girlfriend’s a cyborg!

The timing couldn’t be worse for Jay to take her relationship with Tyler to the next level—especially when her idea of “the next level” proves to be vastly different to Tyler’s. Building a life together and adapting to each other’s quirks is challenging enough without the secrets they’re keeping blowing up in their faces. Their relationship is tearing Tyler’s family apart. Worse, the ex-girlfriend from hell shows up on their doorstep, destitute and desperate for a place to stay until she sorts out the latest hot mess she’s embroiled in.

Jay’s not exactly thrilled about Tyler’s ex turning up out of the blue, but it’s better to keep your enemies close, right? Sure enough, the ex has an agenda. But discovering who is manipulating her behind the scenes isn’t easy, even for a super-smart computer-savvy cyborg.

Then a vulnerable member of Tyler’s family is threatened, forcing Jay to confront a ghost from her past who’ll stop at nothing to destroy her. And this time, the weapon he’s chosen to take Jay out with really could be the death of her.


Hunter's Blood
A powerful young vampire demon-huntress teams up with a legendary slayer to rid their city of soul-munching demons – but he's already broken her heart once. Will he betray her again in his burning quest for revenge?

Gina Santangelo is the toughest huntress in the Guild, unmatched with blade and vampire blood-magic as she keeps the city safe from soul-munching demons. Until she crosses swords with Luka Dragovic, a legendary slayer, the only man who can help her save the city from a fresh demon incursion. But he's also the man who broke her heart five years ago, when he defected to the enemy—and Gina vows that this demon-loving traitor will never best her, either in battle or in love.

Luka can't resist this fiery, defiant adversary—the very woman whose memory kept him alive through five years shackled in hell, tortured by a sadistic demon. Now Luka burns for revenge—but to kill this demon, he'll need Gina's rare brand of magic, which she's sworn never to share, least of all with the man she despises for a traitor. A power Luka can gain only by possessing her, body and blood…




Friday, June 29, 2012

Enchanted Realms ~ Eleni Konstantine






I'm so happy that today my dear friend Eleni Konstantine's debut hits the cyber shelves! Stormy Divide and Angel Eyes are two novellas in the one gorgeous package of Enchanted Realms, from Musa Publishing.

To celebrate, Eleni is giving away a copy over at her blog Eleni's Taverna - all you have to do is pop over and leave a comment and you're in the draw! And here to whet your appetite are the blurbs. Enjoy!


Stormy Divide


A beam of white light shot into the sky from the middle of the forest, an eerie yellow mist surrounding it. This brightness was a sharp contrast to the darkness of the cold, damp forest, which had never before felt otherworldly. Fierce in its onslaught, the storm raging overhead had given no warning. Was it a coincidence it had arrived at the same time the unusual shaft of light had, like a fitting backdrop?

Thom trekked towards the light’s eerie source when a muffled cry vibrated through the air. He stopped as the hairs on the back of his neck bristled. This was no ordinary sound. Like the storm and light, it did not seem natural.

With caution, Thom tracked the sound to a clearing where the peculiar white and gold light display headed toward the heavens, as if it were trying to find the stars even though it was day, like it needed to connect with the rest of the universe.

Signs of disturbance marred the ground nearest the vivid white beam, as though something had scraped along the dirt. He followed the trail with his eyes and came to a sprawled shape lying haphazardly on the ground. This was the source of the moaning. Gods help me! What in skala was it?


Angel Eyes


He was in my dreams again last night. As he is every night. As he has been since I was orphaned at eighteen. In my dream state, the feeling between us is electrifying. I know we have a history together. I know who we are and what we mean to each other, but upon waking all is lost. And I feel empty.

Sitting on the edge of my bed, I try to recall the images. Once again, it is futile. All I can remember are those dark haunted eyes as they bore into me, their intensity delving into my soul.

Who is he?

Why does he plague my sleep night after night?

Why does he feel so real? More real than anything I have ever known in my entire life. And why do I feel with him a sense of belonging, a sense of...rightness.

Dread and despair fill me. I do not need to be reminded of the lack of this type of connection in my waking life. Especially not today. The day I am to marry a man who is not the one in my dreams.

Monday, January 02, 2012

DarkSiders Reading Challenge 2012

Hope everyone had a very merry New Year and didn't feel too dreadful the morning after the night before!!!

Eleni Konstantine, the star behind the Dark Side DownUnder blog, has come up with a brilliant reading challenge for 2012. If you enjoy reading paranormal, fantasy, UF and/or steampunk romances then you might find some fantastic new books to add to your wish lists from the Dark Side DownUnder authors.

There are three levels to the challenge:

Light Side Challenge - 6 books

DarkSider Challenge - 12 books

Down Under Challenge - 24 books

I'm putting my name down for the 12 book challenge - any more takers? You can find a list of the DSDU authors here!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

LOL-Oops

Yes, I managed to forget the Friday LOLcats after only three weeks. Oops! I only remembered last night so without further flaffing about, here is this week's adorable kitty (with thanks as always to the talented Eleni!!)


OMG how cute is this? Look at that little face!

Friday, July 29, 2011

LOLCATS Friday

When I was a member of the editorial team for the Romance Writers of Australia's monthly newsletter, the very wonderful Eleni Konstantine use to send me the best lolcats to add to my page of writerly snippets. I loved those pics so much! I really miss not using them. And since I have a few spare I thought I'd post them over the next few Fridays. Just so everyone can see how clever Eleni is!!!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Juicy Bits

Eleni Konstontine had her short story, Dragon's Quest, published on the Antipodean SF site, in issue 156. I love the dragon!! And if that isn't enough juicy goodness, recently, Eleni also voiced the podcast for Dragon's Quest and you can listen to it here Antipodean SF Yay, Eleni, you clever girl!!

More goodness comes in the form of a great Goodreads contest from my friend, Michelle Diener. Michelle's debut historical novel, In A Treacherous Court set in the court of Henry VIII comes out in August, but if you're in the US you can enter the GR contest here to be in with a chance of winning one of 10 copies that are up for grabs. The contest runs until 11th July. Good luck!!

Friday, June 03, 2011

The Immortal... Henry!

I'm a bit of a fan of Henry Cavill (Sussex in The Tudors. Need I say more?!) so I was thrilled when my friend, Eleni Konstantine, posted a YouTube clip for his next movie, The Immortals. He looks pretty damn hot in a skirt, that's all I can say!! And his weapons are impressive. I will definitely be checking it out, purely for research purposes you understand because Henry - especially in this gear - is a dead ringer for the hero of my next ancient historical romance!


And here's the trailer. Enjoy!






Saturday, March 12, 2011

Darklight on... ME!

Today I'm in the hot seat over at the Darkside Down Under blog, where you can discover all sorts of fascinating facts about me! (or not so fascinating, as the case may be!!!) Thank you to the ever-patient Eleni Konstantine for setting up the interview!!

Friday, August 20, 2010

RWA Cocktail Party

I came home from conference to revisions for Captive, so that's been exciting, and I'm very relieved I had them this week and not next week, since I have something very special happening here next week!!! I'm holding a cyber launch party for Forbidden, and lots of wonderful author friends have agreed to come over and have some fun! And there will be prizes!!! I'll post more details over the weekend, once I've finished polishing my party trailer.

As promised here are some photos from the RWA's Harlequin Cocktail Party that was held last Friday (a week ago already!!) The fancy dress is just amazing. I'm going to have to seriously re-think my wardrobe for Melbourne!!
  


Here I am with my agent sister, the immensely talented Allison Withers, who won the Historical category in the Emerald award (the Aussie Golden Heart) Go, Alli! Guess what period of history Alli writes?










More fab fancy dress! And Johnny Depp!!!










Amanda Ashby and Sara Hantz with awesome Presents author, Trish Morey, who was The Princess Bride!



















Here I am with the lovely TWRP and Eternal Press author Suzanne Brandyn!









And Eleni Konstantine, in her amazing Batgirl outfit!!














I'm sorry I don't know who these fearless warrior maidens are, but underneath Darth Vader is Silhouette Desire author, Paula Roe!!!









And here with Sara is Emily Gee, who writes fantastic dark fantasy and also, as Emily May, wonderful historical romances for Harlequin.


I was so taken with my beautiful dessert on the Saturday night awards dinner, I took a photo of it!!

Friday, January 29, 2010

Weekend Fun with BSG!

I can always rely on my great mate Eleni Konstantine to find fabulous YouTubes! The latest one involves Battlestar Galactica which is good enough for me on its own, but! There's more. It's set to the tune of the classic Queen hit, Bohemian Rhapsody but the lyrics - OMG. The lyrics slay me. You can find them here. I've been driving my family nuts by singing them for the last two days (my son and husband thank you for that, Eleni!!!!)


Brilliant!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

A Sexy Spartacus

Thanks to Eleni - who posted this clip on her blog the other day. It's the trailer for a new series called Spartacus - Blood and Sand. It looks very bloody and very sexy and I can't wait to watch it!!!



OK - well, phew! I enjoyed that!!

Well it seems discussion about promo is in cyberspace at the moment as I came across another interesting post over at Fangs, Fur, Fey where Jennifer Estep asks - how much is too much when it comes to blogs/interviews to promote your next book? Very interesting question.

And finally Query Tracker are holding a contest for romance and urban fantasy authors on Monday, 18th January. You need to get a one-paragraph blurb about the book and the first two pages of your completed MS into them asap!

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Kreativ Blogger Award


Thank you to the lovely Cari Quinn, for this fun award! I need to share seven fun facts about myself and pass the award on to seven other bloggers. Of course my mind is a blank! I blame the weather. It's been so hot over the last few days it's like sitting in an oven in my office... even now, 11 at night, it's like a sauna!

OK here we go.

1. I'm allergic to perfume, scented body cream and prawns. I'm especially peeved about the prawns, since I was perfectly ok with them up until last Christmas when for some reason I started to swell up like a balloon!!

2. The best finale of a fave series was Battlestar Galactica. I know some people hated it but they are wrong, wrong wrong! It totally rocked. I loved it soooo much. Does this count as a fact about myself? I'm not sure, but since I'm still obsessed by the series I'm sticking with it.

3. While going through security at Singapore airport, my shoes set off the alarms. We didn't figure out the culprit was my shoes straight away *sigh*

4. I am still slightly obsessed with Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf. I bet that one's a big surprise!!

5. My first crush was on Les Mckeown from the Bay City Rollers. Bye, Bye, Baby!!!

6. The very first thing I noticed about my husband-to-be (from across the crowded room - ok it wasn't that crowded but it definitely was a room!) were his fabulous blue eyes. Even now I have to fight the urge to give every single one of my heroes amazing blue eyes.

7. I can no longer drink alcohol. I discovered two years ago even a couple of sips made me grumpy and sent me off to sleep, which is pretty annoying as I really love the taste of bacardi and coke. So now I'm a Chardonnay girl through and through! (yeah I'm fussy on the wine front too!!)

I pass this beautiful award on to:

Amanda Ashby

Sara Hantz

Eleni Konstantine

Mel Teshco

Suzanne Brandyn

Nell Dixon

April Vine

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Claiming His Bought Bride

I sent the edits back to my agent last week, and today hit two words short of 25k on the wip. Another 5k and I'll be a third of the way through!



Back in October, Eleni Konstantine hosted the fabulous Eleni-Fest. I not only won a very cool mug and matching pen from Eleni but also a copy of Rachel Bailey's debut Silhouette Desire, Claiming His Bought Bride.

Because Rachel's book doesn't hit the shelves until January 2010, I didn't think my copy would arrive until the New Year. So imagine how excited I was when it turned up yesterday! And oh wow, it's a smoking hot keeper. I'm not going to give anything away just yet as the lovely Rachel is guesting on my blog in January when we'll be chatting about the book. But I will say this. I managed to write only one sentence on the wip this morning before my resolve cracked and I had to read the rest of Damon and Lily's story!

And just look at that gorgeous cover. It's so romantic and perfectly matches a scene in the book!

Monday, November 16, 2009

Time for Fun & Congratulations!!!

I'm stunned almost another week's gone by without me posting a blog!! I swear days just vanish on me and if that's not bad enough it's also the middle of November! That's just not right. What happened to July?

I want to give a big shout out to a couple of friends who have great news. First of all, the lovely Helen Hardt has her first Ellora's Cave book released, Slow and Wet, a hot Western menage. Congratulations, Helen!

In other news, Mel Teshco - whose debut EC title Stone Cold Lover was released recently, has just sold a vampire novella to Nocturne Bites. Yay, Mel!

And last night my good friend Eleni Konstantine send me a link to a Victorian Dress Up Doll. Do you remember those paper cut out dolls you could buy with their paper costumes? Well now you can do it all online!!! Now, this is actually writing related!!! It's a fabulous promo for a new book called Soulless by Gail Carriger- a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking. I spent way too long last night playing with it! So much fun!!!

Friday, October 23, 2009

Your Friday Giggle!!!

Big thank you to Eleni for her fabulous blog post yesterday. It brought back lots of "OH MY GOD!!!" moments for me, that's for sure!! Eleni will be picking a winner for her super-cute mini pack after the weekend so be sure to drop by to see if you've won! And there's still plenty of time to leave a comment - you've got to be in it to win it!!!

Amanda Ashby has just made a new trailer for Zombie Queen of Newbury High. I laughed so hard this morning I woke my son up, who limped into my office and then of course I had to play it again (such a hardship - not!!) He also thought it hilarious! So here, just for you, is the updated version of Zombie Queen of Newbury High. I challenge you to watch this and not spit your wine at least once!!!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

October Awesomeness!!!


My lovely writing friend, Eleni Konstantine, is holding a month long celebration in October, chatting about grants, conferences and more (see above!!) Not only will she be sharing heaps of information but she also has a stellar line up of guests who are giving away fantabulous prizes!

Eleni is also holding a contest - details below:

Place the icon on your blog or website from now until end October for your chance to win a trade book-cover.
with Spreading the Word in the subject line and the details of where you have displayed the image.

Thursday, November 06, 2008

The Long & Windy Road...Strewn with Big Rocks!!!

The lovely Eleni and Hannah invited me over to their Bootcampers Blog today to chat about my writer's journey, which has been a bit rocky at times, and that's putting it politely!!!

Find out what my personal mantra is... I'll give you a clue... it might be a line from Galaxy Quest!!!